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JoNAsA. wHEELEInoE vANDALIA, MISSOURI.

LUBRICATOR FOR ENGINE-CYLINDERS.

p. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,176, dated August 14, 1883.

Application filed April 27, 1883. (No model.)

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Be it, lrnown that l, JoNAs A. WHEELER, of Vandalia, Audrain county, and State of Missouri, have invented la newand Improved Lubricator for EngineCylinders, of which` the following is a full, clear, 4and exact description.

The object of my invention is toprovide for giving a regular and graduated supply of oil to engine cylinders and valves by automatic means operated by the engine; and it consists in the combination, with an oil,- cup, of a plunger feed-rod, acting 'to supply a quantity of oil to the steam-pipe, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate i corresponding parts in both figures.

C is a plunger-rod passing throughthe cup and through the stufting-boX a, so that the lower end of the rod enters thesteam-pipe,`

In the lower end of the rod C is a cross-aperture, b, forming a cell of suitable size for receiving oil from the cup when the rod is raised,

and from which the oil is removed by the steam when the aperture isV carried through the stuffing-boX into the steam-pipe by the downward movement of therod.

For moving thered C at regular intervals I provide the mechanism shown in Fig. l. y d

`is a lever carrying ayoke, e, at one end, which is connected to rod C, and the other end of the leverjis connected to a crank, j', on a shaft which carries'a ratchet-wheel, g. his an eccentric which may` be on the governor-shaft `or otherwise operated from the engine, and i is the eccentric-rod, having the outer end hooked and engaging the ratchet-wheel g. lIhe ratchetwheel and lever are for reducing the speed to the desired extent, and may bein any suitable proportion, or any suitable mechanism may be provided for `operating the plunger.

In the operation ofthe parts, as shown, the intermittent movement given to the ratchet wheel by the eccentric rotates the crank-shaft, and the lever dis thus caused to niove the plunger-rod C up and down. At the upward movement the aperture b is raised into the cup and becomes lled with oil, and being then moved down the oil is carried into the steam-pipe. A regular quantity of lubricant is thus supplied to the steam-pipe and by that to the cylinder, and the feed can be made to take place as often as necessary.

sedimentfwill be carried down and out with the oil, and there will be nowaste of oil when the engine is at rest, as the operation of the rod will be at the same time stopped. Having thus described my invention., I claim as new and desirelto secure by Letters Patent-H vl. rlhe lubricatorfor engine-cylinders, consisting of-.the plunger-rod C, passing through the oil-cup and provided with cell b, substantially as shown and described.

2. VThe combination of cup/B, stufiing-box a, and feed-rod C, formed with cell b, and having connections for imparting to it a reciprocatingmovement.

3. In lubricators, the combination, with cup B and feed-rod C, provided with lcell b, of le ver d, ratchet-wheel g, crank f, andpawl i', pivoted on an eccentric and having a hooked end engaging the ratchet-wheel,` substantially as described, for operation as specified.

,IoNAs A. WHEELER.

d/itnesses:

STEPHEN D. ELY, J. M. CULBER'rson.

6o This lubricator will not become clogged, as 

